Author: York Zucchi
York Zucci is an entrepreneur and health investor in Africa. The mother company can be found at www.hellohealth.ch
Why I love being an entrepreneur
- by York Zucchi
The other day I managed – unintentionally I’d like to add – scare quite a few people with my blog “From Employee to Entrepreneur: what I wish someone had told me before I quit my job at Goldman Sachs”. The intention wasn’t to scare anyone, but to slap aspiring entrepreneurs with the reality check hand…
Read MoreWhat I wish someone had told me before quitting my job at Goldman Sachs to start my own business
- by York Zucchi
Here is a letter I would have written to my old self with suggestions about what to think about before quitting my job at Goldman Sachs to start my own business. Johannesburg, 24 March 2014 My dear old employed York I understand you are thinking of quitting your job at ________ where you seem frustrated…
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